QUOTE OF THE DAY: "What we're representing...is the middle class of the music industry. This group really needs a support function, and that is the role that A2IM is trying to do… [The majors] have international domiciles; they can get reciprocity in the big territories. Most of our members do not.” —A2IM chief Rich Bengloff to Digital Music News, responding to criticism that the indie org is “RIAA lite.” (7/28a)